The ONC/CMS Meaningful use program grew out of the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act (ARRA) which was enacted on February 17, 2009. ARRA includes many measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, one of which is the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
The concept of meaningful use rested on the '5 pillars' of health outcomes policy priorities, namely:
The "Meaningful Use" program has been renamed to "Promoting Interoperability"
"Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both "direct access" (i.e. unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers)."
Below is the text from ONC regarding this new requirement:
The proposed meaningful use modifications for 2015 through 2017 have prevented CMS from collecting Medicare program attestation data for the 2015 reporting periods, according to a CMS data update, EHR Intelligence reports (Murphy, EHR Intelligence, 10/6).
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released a set of new certification and meaningful use requirements for electronic health records (EHRs). These require that EHR vendors include evidence of user-centered design and user test results in their certification submission. To be able to obtain the ONC certification EHR vendors must follow a formal User Centered Design (UCD) process and perform summative usability testing on specific areas of the product.
Usability Starts with "You" If you are looking for EHR usability resources including usability testing and user experience professionals to help you with the EHR safety-enhanced Design evaluation required for the ONC HealthIT certification (Including the 3/11/24 update to B11) you have come to the right place!
Usability - The effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments (ISO 9241-11).
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